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SCOOP: Mega monkey bike designs surface
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This is the cad cam design that shows the next bike to come from CFMoto – and it shows that the Chinese firm thinks that the super-Monkey bike styling is the way to go. Based around a 125 or 150cc air-cooled motor this bike is all new. The firm also announced that recent designs…
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Supercharged Honda super-commuter on the way
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Just in case anyone out there is still unsure of where modern motorcycling is heading then here’s ANOTHER supercharged motorcycle in the pipeline. Honda has released a patent for a (effectively) NC700X supercharged bike. In the patents the supercharger, intercooler and other bolt-ons are mounted in the space within the dummy fuel tank – which…
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New Rider Offer from BMW
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New Rider Offer from BMW. The New Rider Offer from BMW gives you everything you need to get on two wheels– including a F 800 R, £2680 worth of riding gear and a 7-day Direct Access course. BMW Motorrad UK’s ‘New Rider Offer’ at a glance: Customer initially puts down a £1,000 deposit at their…
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Kawasaki France rumour: Er7 naked on the way
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Now, this is something that’s been sent to us a fair bit out of the blue today so all we can do is basically pass on what we’ve been told – but this is the hot rumour for today – and it’s that Kawasaki is going to turn out an Er7 naked bike as…
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review | From £12,995 | 160bhp@9500rpm | 100lb-ft@7500rpm | 90° V-twin with variable desmodromic valve timing Tested by John Milbank Photos by Milagro With 8lb-ft more torque and 15bhp more than a Monster 1200 S, the Multistrada could be a daunting proposition; a howling beast, bristling with pent-up aggression, just…
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2015 Zero electric motorcycles review
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2015 Zero electric motorcycles review | From $9845 | 67bhp | 106lb-ft | Permanent high-temp magnet brushless motor Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Kevin Wing The American electric motorcycle industry, (and so by definition the world’s), is on the brink of attaining critical mass, with the unveiling last year of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire concept E-cruiser,…
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2015 BMW F800R review
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2015 BMW F800R review | £7595 | 90bhp @ 8000rpm | 63lb-ft @ 5800rpm | 798cc water-cooled inline two-cylinder Tested by: Simon Roots With the launch of the new BMW F 800 R, the German manufacturer has addressed the looks, ergonomics and technology of the previous model to create its next evolution; a machine…
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Peugeot Django 125 review
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Peugeot Django 125 review | From £2499 | 10.1bhp | Single cylinder, air-cooled four-stroke | 124.6cc Tested by: Carli Ann Smith Images: Mykel Nicolaou & Peugeot Created in the early 1950s, the Peugeot S55 was a comfortable and well-equipped two-seater scooter, which over time evolved into the S57. It is from these two models that…
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2015 KTM 1050 Adventure review
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KTM 1050 Adventure | £10,999 | 93bhp@6,200rpm | 79 lb-ft@5,750rpm | Two-cylinder, four-stroke, 75° V-twin Tested by: Tony Carter Based on the 1190, KTM’s 1050 Adventure came as something of a surprise last year – maybe we were all distracted by the bigger, louder new models. This machine is designed to be smaller, lighter…
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2015 MV Agusta Stradale 800 review
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MV Agusta Stradale 800 | £11,899 | 798c | 115bhp@11,000rpm | 57.9lb-ft@9000rpm | 12-valve three-cylinder in-line 798cc Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Milagro This year, MV Agusta is entering the Touring market for the first time, and in a big way for a small, high-end sporting brand. It’s doing so with two new three-cylinder models…
